The best iPhone apps for nightlife

With this nightlife and nightclub app you can find the happiest happy hours near you. Tap the app and in mere moments you’ll have the nearest happy hour at your fingertips, along with its location, distance, and how long you’ll have before happy hour is over. Need more info? Tap the bar name to see a map of the location, call the bar, or share its info with your friends. You can also use Cocktail Compass to search for bars in your area, or any neighborhood in your town or in any of the cities included.

• Find nearest open happy hours
• Bookmark favorite bars and nightclubs
• Browse all bars and see detailed listings
• Explore new places, neighborhoods and cities
• Impress your friends with your knowledge of great dives and hideouts

Moonshine is the best nightlife app which is your personal guide to finding the finest bars, nightclubs, lounges, restaurants around town. They have partnered up with venues to offer you a complimentary drink every day. Additionally, it offers users complete access to all events, offers, bookings and deals in all of our partnered venues around town. There are over 1000 events, offers, and deals which include: Ladies & Men’s Nights, Themed Nights and more!

• Experiencing what the city has to offer has never been simpler, search for venues around your area, visit a participating venue and redeem your complimentary drink. 
• Search and Explore easily for bars, nightclubs, lounges and restaurants to find the one that suits you best. 
• Download Moonshine App today and save by redeeming at the most exclusive venues in town!

For the serious clubbers, the Tablelist app covers many top nightspots in 8 major cities across the US. Described as ‘A better night out” the features provided within the app certainly back up this claim. Giving unrivaled access to these clubs, along with a complimentary concierge service, a night out becomes a special event.

• Complimentary concierge service
• Access to VIP tables
• Pay the tab from within the app
• Guaranteed lowest prices

Discotech is a must have nightlife app for anyone who goes out. With hundreds of venues across both the USA , Europe and the Middle East with more cities constantly being added, the app is very comprehensive indeed.  Great for both discovering events and for getting your ticket or reserving your table, Avoid all the usual headaches.  Discotech app review

• Get exclusive access to guest lists
• Buy tickets from within the app
• See what’s hot
• Reserve tables

Swarm is another app from Foursquare. This one turns your day into a game where you get to compete with your friends based on where you hang out, and earn prizes. Try to win the title of “Mayor” at your most favorite spots; just watch out, because there will always be someone gunning for that title. The app lets you keep track of who you've hung out with and where you have been: Swarm will post notifications like “That's 5 weeks in a row at bars!” and other fun stuff like that. Swarm can tell you which of your friends is hanging out where, and you can use the in-app message center to make plans to meet. As a side note, you don't have to use Swarm for your nightlife! Have a look at our review for more details on how to use the app.  Swarm app review

• Find out about events around you
• See where your friends are
• Compete with your friends on where you hang out
• Earn prizes and titles like “Mayor”
• In-app message center

Want to go to the SURKUS? This app actually pays you to go to local venues and events after it matches you with experiences meant to be of interest to you. Once you sign up, you'll get availability requests that come with a cash offer. All you have to do is reply back to be added to the list for the CrowdCasting. All you have to do is go to the event after you've been cast, have some fun, and get paid directly into the linked payment account. This app would be great for people new to a city, or for people who need some fresh ideas on where to go and what to do for fun. Check out our review for more in-depth info.  Surkus app review

• Get paid to attend social events in your city
• Great for people new to the city
• Learn about fresh new venues you have never visited
• Attend the events after you've been cast
• Get paid into the account of your choice

Download the app, sign up to become a member and start getting free drinks today. The app does have a monthly membership that costs less than some cocktails. Members will get 1 free drink per day at the top bars and restaurants in the cities that this app is currently Live in. Discover new bars nearby or keep going to your favorite place. Wherever you end up, as long as it’s a location that’s partnered with this app, then you get a free drink. This could definitely add some fun to your nightlife and possible impress that special someone that you are hanging out with.

• Join Hooch and get free drinks
• Get 1 free drink daily at Hooch venues
• Requires a monthly membership
• Go to the same bar or find new places
• App is Live in many Top cities

SocialNightlife offers more options than just receiving a text from a promoter of an event and then just checking in when you got to the venue. Technology sure has changed when it comes to nightlife! The app started out being used in Las Vegas. It's a hybrid consumer-facing social media and nightlife exploration tool. Nightlife pros who use the app can check in guest lists and VIP customers and track activity. Loyal guests will get rewards like promotions for free drinks and tickets and VIP services based on how they use the app. Regulars are called Ambassadors.

• Started being used in Las Vegas
• Hybrid consumer-facing social media and nightlife exploration tool
• For both nightlife pros (managers and hosts/hostesses, etc) as well as consumers
• Loyal guests are rewarded
• Make your “Appearance” and post photos 

This revolutionary app will help users discover and book their nightlife like never before. Get that VIP treatment for the hottest events in 45 of the most exciting cities on the planet. InList makes you feel like a star with their recommended nightlife activities and the upscale treatment you can experience. Receive upgraded tables, points towards future purchases, get invites to exclusive galas or trendy events and more. Users can connect with an InList Nightlife Expert 24/7 to book reservations or get some great tips and advice on activities to attend. The app itself, has a beautiful interface, smooth navigation and is easy to use.

• An app that will change your nightlife forever
• Attend some of the hottest events and venues
• Get 24/7 access to a Nightlife Expert
• Discover and book nightlife activities in 45 cities
• Upgraded tables, Points for future purchases, Exclusive invites

Although the Urbanologie app may be best described as a lifestyle destination guide, it is the focus on nightlife that justifies it as a worthy inclusion on our list. Covering venues like restaurants, galleries and clubs, the nightlife options are well covered with up-to-date information and insider news on what’s happening.

• The ultimate to do list for nightlife
• Insider news
• Wide range of venue types
• Increasing number of cities being added across the USA, Europe and the Far East